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Trade (exports plus imports) in Africa

44 countries in Africa, 2025. Unit: % of GDP. World ranking →

First in the ranking

206.3 %

Djibouti

Median country

58.8 %

half above, half below

World

68.5 %

World Bank aggregate

Range

2.4 to 206.3

Sudan - Djibouti

How to read it

Across 44 countries in Africa, the highest value is in Djibouti (206.3 %) and the lowest in Sudan (2.4 %).

The median country is at 58.8 %: half are above, half below.

Trade is the sum of exports and imports of goods and services. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) which is the total income earned through the production of goods and services in an economic territory during an accounting period.

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Source: Country official statistics, National Statistical Organizations and/or Central Banks; National Accounts data files, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and… · via World Bank WDI (NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS) · licence

Trade over time

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Ranking of countries

2025

In chart
Djibouti in chart	1	Djibouti	206.3
Seychelles in chart	2	Seychelles	172.3
Lesotho in chart	3	Lesotho	154.0
Mauritius in chart	4	Mauritius	139.9
Libya in chart	5	Libya	137.7
Somalia in chart	6	Somalia	128.1
Namibia in chart	7	Namibia	108.6
Guinea in chart	8	Guinea	103.7
Tunisia in chart	9	Tunisia	101.4
Mozambique in chart	10	Mozambique	97.1
Cabo Verde in chart	11	Cabo Verde	95.3
Mauritania in chart	12	Mauritania	94.0
Morocco in chart	13	Morocco	93.1
Republic of the Congo in chart	14	Republic of the Congo	91.7
Democratic Republic of the Congo in chart	15	Democratic Republic of the Congo	87.3
Gabon in chart	16	Gabon	84.9
Equatorial Guinea in chart	17	Equatorial Guinea	74.9
Senegal in chart	18	Senegal	71.1
Botswana in chart	19	Botswana	69.5
Burkina Faso in chart	20	Burkina Faso	65.0
The Gambia in chart	21	The Gambia	62.2
South Africa in chart	22	South Africa	60.9
Rwanda in chart	23	Rwanda	56.7
Côte d'Ivoire in chart	24	Côte d'Ivoire	54.6
Madagascar in chart	25	Madagascar	54.2
Central African Republic in chart	26	Central African Republic	52.9
Egypt in chart	27	Egypt	51.3
Uganda in chart	28	Uganda	50.2
Sierra Leone in chart	29	Sierra Leone	49.1
Mali in chart	30	Mali	48.8
São Tomé and Principe in chart	31	São Tomé and Principe	46.6
Chad in chart	32	Chad	46.1
Comoros in chart	33	Comoros	40.9
Guinea-Bissau in chart	34	Guinea-Bissau	40.9
Malawi in chart	35	Malawi	39.4
Algeria in chart	36	Algeria	39.0
Tanzania in chart	37	Tanzania	39.0
Kenya in chart	38	Kenya	37.5
Benin in chart	39	Benin	37.1
Angola in chart	40	Angola	34.6
Niger in chart	41	Niger	33.9
Ethiopia in chart	42	Ethiopia	33.5
Cameroon in chart	43	Cameroon	33.4
Sudan in chart	44	Sudan	2.4

World Bank, WDI · NE.TRD.GNFS.ZS · 2025 · CC BY 4.0 Source and licence

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